New guy here in need of a little help . . .

[Tom S.]

Hello all. Great forum you have here with lots of interesting projects to read about. I'm a little ashamed to admit that I don't have anything flashy to show off - maybe someday when I get my '85 Jimmy back on the road I'll join in. For now I just need to get my old '72 6 cyl. Chevy farm truck back on the road and have a pretty simple, boring question. Hoped in it the other day and patted the accelerator a couple of times to prime the carb. Darned accelerator fell straight to the floor and couldn't get up. I cussed it a couple of times and moved on to my F150 (yeah, I know that's probably heresy here). Finally got around to looking at the Chevy and the little stud that protrudes from the exhaust manifold and serves as a pivot for the pivot thingie (pardon the professional mechanics lingo) connecting the accelerator cable with the throttle cable had snapped off. It appears to have simply been soldered together (looks factory original). The stud part of the contraption left protruding from the exhaust manifold is only about 1/16" long. Too short to do much with. Having descibed all of this, my question is , is the stud threaded, welded, or pressed into the exhaust manifold? I need to extract it so as to weld the two pieces back together and get the old girl back into sevice. I fear that I may have to drill it out and tap the hole. What say you gentlemen? Thanks a million for taking the time to read this - look forward to any advice you may have. Tom in Georgia